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The World Is Unprepared for the Next Big Virus Outbreak, Study Finds

01.24.17

By Katherine Gillespie
What It’s Like to Have Borderline Personality Disorder

10.09.16

By Patrick Marlborough
Inside Madagascar’s ‘City of Flies’

05.27.16

By Riccardo Bononi
How to Have Sex on Your Deathbed

10.07.15

By Simon Davis
Stoners Are Pissed Off About a Study Claiming That the Munchies Might Be Causing Diabetes

09.16.15

By Carlton Férment
Why We Need to Better Understand Psychosomatic Illness

08.27.15

By Hope Whitmore
‘Exploding Head Syndrome’ Is Keeping Me Awake at Night and I Don’t Know Why

07.21.15

By Michael Segalov
Toxic Shock: Why This Woman Is Suing a Tampon Company After Losing Her Leg

06.17.15

By Tori Telfer
This Is the Reality of Living With M.E.

06.03.15

By Rose Lewenstein
We Spoke to the Women Fighting Australia’s Tampon Tax

06.02.15

By Emma Do
A Girl Copied My Nutella-Only Diet and Called Me a Pussy

05.25.15

By David Allegretti
Chill Out, You’re Probably Not Going to Die From the Flu

01.07.15

By Arielle Pardes

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Jey Uso Wins First World Championship at WrestleMania 41

Jey Uso is the new WWE World Heavyweight Champion.

2 hours ago

By Haley Miller
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Gaming

Why Didn’t Anyone Tell Me About This Indie Game About a Giant Police Officer You Can Apparently Romance?

Indie games, I love y’all so much. I need to tell anyone who will listen about this game about a giant police officer. No, I’m not kidding.

8 hours ago

By Dwayne Jenkins
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Gaming

‘STAR WARS Zero Company’ Drops Its Announcement Trailer Along With New Details, and It’s Exactly What It Needs To Be

‘STAR WARS Zero Company’ had its grand unveiling, and I’ll say it: my opinion went from a cautious “We’ll see” to “I NEED IT NOW.”

9 hours ago

By Dwayne Jenkins
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Life

See the Amazing Way Elephants Protected Their Calves During an Earthquake

When an earthquake struck Southern California on Monday, elephants teamed up to protect the youngest members of their herd.

9 hours ago

By Paige Gawley
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Life

Using Your Smartphone Can Lower Your Chance of Brain Decline

While some may argue that smart phones are rotting our brains, a new study found that the exact opposite is true.

9 hours ago

By Paige Gawley